Glai Baan

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely amazing Thai food! Every dish was full of authentic flavor and prepared with great care. The drinks were just as impressive refreshing and perfectly made. The service was outstanding, with a friendly and attentive staff who made us feel so welcome. Highly recommend this place if you’re looking for delicious Thai cuisine and a wonderful dining experience. We will definitely be back!

Probably one of the best restaurants I have been to in the entire country so far, because the dishes got so much flavor, on top of not being exuberantly expensive. My partner and I put our names down at 5pm at the door on a Saturday, and finally got seated at 6:30pm, and the experience was overall very worth it in my opinion. Beginning with the yum woon sen, which contained glass noodle, minced pork, shrimp, herbs, and lime dressing, the flavor was potently defined by the herbs and lime dressing, which was exactly what I had expected. Even though the portion wasn't huge, it was a great starter for our next few dishes. The mackarel fried rice was out of this world. However they made it, it worked very well, because the flavor was just on point. I didn't actually need the sauce given on the side of the dish, because the rice itself was just too good. Then the pad thai was pretty good as well, even if it didn't contain enough tamarind, because normally in similar settings, there'd be too much palm sugar, and it wasn't the case here, as the dish only had some level of sweetness and it wasn't overwhelming. Finally, the mango sticky rice, which honestly is one of my favorite desserts of all time, was as good as I imagined it to be. The mango pieces were sweet and soft, and the rice was coated very well within the coconut milk. For those that want to visit here, I recommend doing some very good planning in order to eat at a reasonable time. It worked out for me because I went there at 5pm when I wasn't even hungry, and then left and handled some other business and then returned to the restaurant with a table ready for me. Anyway, strongly recommended!

Food is decent (authentic but tiny portions), flavor is there but not great. Doesn’t compare to an average California Thai restaurant but this is Arizona so unfortunately standards are lower here. Got the Khao Soi 3/5 (creamy but pretty spicy, chicken was dry) Pork Pad Thai 4/5 (Very delicious but TINY serving and not a lot of meat) Penang Curry 3.5/5 (It took 30 minutes to come out and it was a kid-sized portion with just 2-3 pieces of tender meat and 3 spoonfuls of sauce/curry. Flavor was good though, just expected 2-3x more for the price) Mango Sticky Rice 3/5 (Mango was yellow and not too sweet but the rice was sweet and warm, just very basic mango sticky rice that’s on the lower end of all the mango sticky rice I’ve had in terms of taste. Not memorable) Total was $86 before tip for 2 people. Very small portions, decent flavor, good ambiance, probably will not be back.

Came back after a bit while and very glad I came back! Host greeted us very welcomely and informed it would be an hour wait since we walked-in. He told us we can wait at the bar next door called "Rewined" and glad they were able to partner …

The atmosphere was fantastic, very pretty and green. The service was very good, and I could tell that all of the wait staff were dedicated to their work. The food was very good, but it was not as authentic as I had been led to believe… I suppose that perhaps I came expecting more. That being said, of the three dishes we had, one was fantastic, one was good, and one was extremely bland. So I recommend that if you like flavorful Thai food, you request the foods with flavor and don’t be scared when she says it has fermented shrimp or whatever in it, because they are really good at those kinds of dishes. And when they say medium spicy, it has a kick.